Child s carriage



(No Model.)

E. BURTON.

GHILDS CARRIAGE.

Patented Sept. 20, 1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELMER BURTON, OF RAYSVILLE, INDIANA.

CHILDS CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,132, dated September 20, 1881.

Application filed July 5, 1881.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER BURTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Raysville, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Childrens Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in childrens carriages, in which aspring and its operating mechanism operate in conjunction with a lever and a crank on the hind axle; and the object of my in vention is to provide a childs carriage with a device for moving it forward and backward in a continuous manner. This object accomplish by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 represents a side view of a childs carriage embodying myimprovement; and Fig. 2 is a view of one of the hind wheels, showing the manner in which the wheel is secured to or loosened from thecrank-axle.

Similar lettersin the different views refer to like parts.

A represents the bed of the carriage mounted on wheels. The rear axle, H, is provided with a crank, K, in its center, and the ends of the axle, where the hubs of the wheels P operate, are round spindles for the wheels to revolve on. Outside of the spindles of the rear axle one end of the axle is squared up, as shown at H, Fig. 2, and one of the spokes of the wheel, as at a,is provided with an adjustable dog, 0, with binding-screw d in the adjusting-slot d. One end of t-hedog bis provided with a recess, which is formed between the jaws H, for the purpose of clamping the wheel P to the axle X. Thus, when it is desired to make. the wheel P fast to the axle and rotate with it, the dog bis adjusted so that the square-part of the end of the axle H is in the recess between the jaws i i, and the dog I) is made fast by the screw d.

The clock mechanism contained in the case B may be of any ordinary kind, the driving- (No model.)

shaft of which is provided on the outsid bf the case B with a crank-wheel, O. The pitmau D connects the crank-wheel O with the front end of the lever E. Said lever 1 is pivoted to the standard F, at G, in a detachable manner. The inclined end I of the lever E is provided at its end with a slot formed between the jaws 1' 1*, which straddle the crank K.

The clock mechanism being wound up and the wheel P secured to the axle H by the dog I), as before described, the operation is as follows: The crank O and pitman I) move the front end of the lever E up and down as the crank O revolves, and the inclined arm I of the lever, which straddles the crank K, as it is oscillated on the pivot G causes the crank K to vibrate forward and backward, thus communicating a forward and backward rotating motion to the wheel P, which causes the carriage to move forward and backward.

\Vhen it is desired to use the carriage for other purposes the dog I) is loosened and detached from the axle H. The lever E I holds the axle from turning, and the hind wheels, P, are free to turn on their spindles.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--- 1. In combination with a childs carriage, the clock mechanism B with crank O, combined with the pit'man D, the lever E I, and crank K on the rear axle, H, substantially as specified.

2. The wheel P, with adjustable dog I), combined with the axle H, said axle havinga round spindle for the wheel to operate on and a square part for the dog to be made fast to, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

ELMER. BURTON. Witnesses:

, E. O. FRINK,

SIMON HEATTIOO. 

